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| Like a party in your pants  |
Aurora Sportsmans Club has a 600 yard range. The .50 is welcome on any of the rifle ranges. Not as sporting as the hood though. | |||
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My Savage .308 is murder on my bad shoulders. Standing up is tolerable, but prone HURTS!! No way I want to shoot a 50! _________________________________________________ "Once abolish the God, and the Government becomes the God." --- G.K. Chesterton | |||
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I was expecting a world of hurt the first time I lit one off. The 26lbs weight & huge muzzle break tamed the boomer down to less than 12ga impact on the shoulder, IMO. Got a chance, a few years ago, to put a 1/2 dozen through [one of?] NikonUser's F/TR 308. Similarly, I imagine the weight & setup made it less punishing on the shoulder. Definitely cool to hit a X at 1k yds. The Enemy's gate is down. | |||
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| Like a party in your pants |
I find the concussion and muzzle blast to be far worse to deal with than the actual recoil. | |||
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Shooting prone in tallish grass makes for a fun display. The Enemy's gate is down. | |||
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338 Lapua Magnum will do everything a 50 BMG will do, and be more accurate. Unless you are trying to bring down helicopters or penetrate light armor. _________________________ "Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it." Mark Twain | |||
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Thought about it, but the "juice aint worth the squeeze". Way too much $ for me. At this point, I'm happy going to my friends farm and dealing with that distance for free. in a few years, when I'm out of here, and in a "free state", I'm making sure I'm close enough to somewhere I can shoot further. Ideally, on my own property! But thats a few years away. ______________________________________________________________________ "When its time to shoot, shoot. Dont talk!" “What the government is good at is collecting taxes, taking away your freedoms and killing people. It’s not good at much else.” —Author Tom Clancy | |||
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I have an unfired M82 CQ I'm contemplating moving, if you are interested in talking hit me up, I don't see any way to contact you. They are not discontinued as many vendors show online I contacted Barrett and they said they are many months behind especially since the new military contract. "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing" Edmund Burke | |||
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^^^ email inbound | |||
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I have a Barrett 99 that I would sell, as well as everything a person would need to reload. Email me if you are interested. | |||
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| Biochemical Superfreak  |
Just wanted to revive this thread and point out how much $ Voshterkoff cost me...    115 + 115 = 230 | |||
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| Like a party in your pants |
I was shopping around a month ago for a less expensive .50 option. I saw the Serbo blow up and then saw a Norenco break in half when the owner picked it up were the barrel and receiver meet. My conclusion was that I would never put anything with that much powder capacity under my cheek unless it said Barrett, or at a minimum AR50.There seems to be a reason the good ones start at about $6000. | |||
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Rad! Now you just need to find a place that sells API by the pickup-load. | |||
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I ended up with a Noreen I impulse bought for an irresistible deal. I am quite happy with it and was chatting with another guy with a 50 about it being funny the 50 was more available than 9mm during the panic. | |||
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| Like a party in your pants |
Please keep posting on how your .50 works out for you. | |||
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I am right there with you on both the Barrett and the MP5. I bought the MP5 this year, fingers crossed for the Barrett in a couple years. | |||
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Many years ago had a Barrett. Fantastic stick and ended up selling it for more than I paid years later. Then I had an Armalite AR50. Worth it and much less cost. Sold it for a bit more than I had into it during a political panic. Latest pickup was a Bushmaster BA50 right at the start of covid before the demand and price went up. Holy crap am I pleased. It does what the rest do, magazine fed at a very acceptable cost. Ammo is back even. I've seen it at about every store in town and the price didn't seem to climb much, if at all, over two years ago. | |||
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| half-genius, half-wit |
Over here in UK, where there is a thriving .50cal shooters' association with over 400 members, Barratts are quite rare. Rifles here seem to be mostly offerings from Fortmeier, Steyr, Desert Tech and AI. The Desert Tech HTI would be my choice, since the importer is a fellow club member, and I might just wangle a good deal. Mrs tac, however, advises me that taking up .50cal would use up all my 'Brownie points' in the shooting funds, and I'd have to get rid of my other twenty-one rifles and two handguns........ | |||
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| Edge seeking Sharp blade! |
Well tac, they say the reason divorce is so expensive is because its worth it. | |||
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